Hello, I am a Chinese medicine person, Zhou Guangbai. In today's text, I want to tell you the story of Chinese medicine treating diabetes.
First of all, I would like to ask you a question: Do you think that the bane of diabetes is high blood sugar?
I always hear people around you say that you are all diabetic, and you dare to eat sugar? Hurry up and quit sugar!
In fact, the first thing for diabetics to solve is not to lower blood sugar, but to solve the problem of sugar absorption, that is to say, the bane of diabetes, the disease is not high blood sugar, but no sugar in the internal organs!
Come on, let's talk about a case from my outpatient clinic.
The patient is a 45-year-old male. He has a family history of diabetes. And, three years ago, he was diagnosed with diabetes.
Since his illness, he has been taking Western medicine orally to control his sugar, and on the surface, the index has dropped. However, potentially larger problems have also surfaced.
About a month ago, he went on a business trip and spent some time in the field. Probably because of exertion, he then developed thirst and polydipsia. Moreover, he has a very strong appetite and can eat, and he will be hungry not long after eating.
He knew that it must be an aggravation of diabetes. I still feel sick after taking insulin. This time, he decided to try Chinese medicine.
On immediate diagnosis, the patient's pulse count is strong, the tongue coating is yellow and dry, and the tongue is red. Upon closer examination, it was revealed that the patient had dry stools and urinated a lot. His face is red, his limbs are thin, but his abdomen is fat. In addition to an increased appetite, easy hunger, and a dry mouth, patients often feel tired and fatigued.
After learning about these, prescribe:
Ophiopogon vulgaris, American ginseng, raw yam, scrophularia, rehmannia radix, gypsum, coptis, peony bark, red peony, licorice, jujube.
All of them, decoction with water, one dose per day.
The result? After taking 5 doses, the patient's thirst and polyphagia were greatly reduced, and the stool was more normal and less dry. The original party is valid and continues to be put into use.
After taking another 5 doses, the patient's symptoms basically disappeared except for a slight thirst. After reducing the dosage of the original prescription and administering 5 more doses, the patient's fasting blood sugar was 6, which was basically normal.
This is the basic process of the medical case.
Now, let's talk about the knowledge here.
You see, the problem with this patient, very clearly, is diabetes. Traditional Chinese medicine calls it thirst-quenching.
To quench thirst, Chinese medicine is divided into upper, middle and lower elimination. Among them, the symptoms of thirst and polydipsia are prominent, which is the upper consumption. The symptoms of eliminating grain and good hunger are prominent, and it is the middle consumption. Their etiology and pathogenesis, summed up, are dry lungs and stomachs. The lungs are dry and hot, and the fluid cannot be transported to the lungs, so the thirst is unbearable. The water cannot be infused into the cloth, and it tends to be coke, so there is a lot of urine. The stomach is dry and hot, so the patient has an excessive appetite.
You see, the patients in the above medical case are almost exactly the same as the above. Combined with his strong pulse, yellow and dry tongue, red tongue and dry stools, it can be seen that his lungs and stomach are hot and dry, and his fluid is undoubtedly depleted.
So what should I do at this time? Naturally, it is necessary to clear the heat of the lungs and stomach and nourish the lungs and stomach.
So, my thinking is:
1. Gypsum, Coptis chinensis - clear the middle of the scorched stomach heat.
2. Red peony and danpi - cool serum heat.
3. Raw land, Xuanshen - nourishing kidney yin.
4. Yam and wheat dong - nourish lung yin.
5. American ginseng - nourishing qi and rejuvenating Jin, clearing deficiency and heat.
6. Licorice and jujube - nourish the spleen and stomach and reconcile various medicines.
You see, that's the basic idea of medication.
In short, it is still the same sentence, the bane of diabetes is not high blood sugar, but the lack of sugar in the internal organs, and the nutrition cannot be reached!
If the idea of a TCM treatment for diabetes is to lower blood sugar, then he is not a real TCM because he has not understood the essence of TCM treatment.
If, a diabetic comes to me with a complaint of hypoglycemia, then I'm sorry, I would say, you need to solve your conceptual problem first.